Happened a little before kw8 this morning about 40 miles south of seattle. About 80 people were on board that amtrak train at the time and the train itself was moving at about 80 Miles Per Hour Officials Say and heading to portland. Dozens were taken to the hospital, including people who were hit while driving on the highway. You could see right there just how many emergency crew vehicles were out there today helping out victims, not to mentions a you just saw several of those passenger cars just dangling there over the overpass. When we got to the scene, it was obvious that there were some fatalities and a lot of injuries and some people were able to get off the train. Multiple cars and struck were struck by train cars that evident there the train tracks and went down on to the road. The people that were in all the vehicles, even though when you see the pictures its pretty horrific. At this point nobody in any of the vehicles is a fatal. Now were told the trains new route is part of 1
15 billiondollar boost in military spending. Though trump proposed steep cuts to medical research, lawmakers increased the budget for the National Institutes of health by 2 billion. Theres money for opioid abuse, Summer School spell grants and cash for Transit Systems. By most accounts this is very much a middle of the road proposal that lawmakers on both sides can that agree to. None as they call them poison pills involved in this particular compromise. Members of the house and the senate do have to vote on this by friday in order to keep things running at least through september and then we start the process all over again. Live on capitol hill, im Melanie Alnwick fox5 local newsily. All right, melanie, thank you very much. 4 31 is the time right now. We now know more about a u. S. Service member killed saturday outside mosul. 25yearold weston lee a paratrooper from fort bragg was killed by an ied patrol p lee was from bluffing ton georgia. Hes been posthumously awarded several award
Arrive coming up. Erin. Problems on the roads and the rails. A crawl on the outer loop by New Hampshire boulevard New Hampshire avenue because of the stall by university boulevard. Blue line delays by king street. Well help steer you clear of the rail and road slowdowns with your next look at traffic. Erin thanks. More details on both coming. First lets talk politics. President trump on the verge of a legislative victory this morning but democrats say they won too. Congress close to passing a bipartisa agreement to avoid a Government Shutdown but there is a price for compromise. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill with more now. Good morning. Reporter well, steve and allison the price tag a trillion dollars with money in this spending compromise for many of the various priorities of the president and lawmakers and not very many cuts. Washington may be able to keep the Government Shutdown signs under wraps for a few months now with congress on the verge of inking a deal to kee
Arrive coming up. Erin. Problems on the roads and the rails. A crawl on the outer loop by New Hampshire boulevard New Hampshire avenue because of the stall by university boulevard. Blue line delays by king street. Well help steer you clear of the rail and road slowdowns with your next look at traffic. Erin thanks. More details on both coming. First lets talk politics. President trump on the verge of a legislative victory this morning but democrats say they won too. Congress close to passing a bipartisa agreement to avoid a Government Shutdown but there is a price for compromise. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill with more now. Good morning. Reporter well, steve and allison the price tag a trillion dollars with money in this spending compromise for many of the various priorities of the president and lawmakers and not very many cuts. Washington may be able to keep the Government Shutdown signs under wraps for a few months now with congress on the verge of inking a deal to kee
Again, emphasize north and west. Bigger chance for Severe Weather and we are not done til about midnight. We will keep a close eye on it. An argument gets out of control. The house set on fire and a chopper has to fly in to airlift out one of the burn victims. Thats what happened when a fight escalated between husband and wife in stafford county. Mike is on the scene with the latest on how the story has changed through the afternoon. Mike, what can you tell us . Reporter we are hearing from eyewitnesses who say they saw the woman involved in the center of this case outside her home and they also saw her collapse right in her neighbors front yard. Moments ago the street here in stafford just opened up. Crime scene investigators are now out of here after this was a crime scene most of the day. Hoses from fire rescue crisscross the front yard of an arson scene with the husband and wife in the middle of an argument that goes too far. It didnt seem like she wanted help. Thats how jason desc